Slip scoop



F. H. HASKINS P SCOOP Filed Sept. 2, 1924 March 23 1926.

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Patented Mar. 23, 1926.

UNITED starts PHILIP H. HASKINS, OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

SLIP SCOOP.

Application filed September To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, PHILIP H. HAsnrNs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Charlotte, in the county of Burke and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slip Scoops, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a slip scoop and has for its prime object to provide a device of this nature with an attachment whereby it may be used for grading purposes as the scoop is being dumped.

Another important object of the invention is to provide such an attachment for a scoop which is adjustable and may also be entirely removed from the scoop when desired.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a simple, inexpensive, and thoroughly practical attachment of this nature which is strong, durable, reliable in operation and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in certian novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a scoop showing my attachment thereon,

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the scoop showing the attachment in section,

Figure 3 is a vertical section of the scoop taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1 looking.

in the direction of the arrow,

Figure 4 is a detail section on an enlarged scale taken on the line 14E of Figure 1, and

Figure 5 is a detail section on an enlarged scale taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3 looking downwardly.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that 1 designates an ordinary slip scoop provided with the usual handles 2.

My attachment for the scoop is in the form of an inverted U-shaped member 3. A pair of brackets 4t and 5 are mounted on each side of the scoop adjacent the closed or rear end thereof. Each bracket embodies a U-shaped body having ears 6 extending therefrom and riveted or otherwise securely fastened to the sides of the scoop. The

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brackets 5 are provided in their bodies with set screws 7. The brackets f are disposed above the brackets 5. The legs of the U-shaped member or bail 3 are positioned in the U-shaped bodies of the brackets 4 and 5 and held in adjusted position byset screws 7 and thus the distance of the intermediate portion of the U-shaped member 3 may be varied in relation to the scoop. In using a scoop of this nature ordinarily the operator lifts upon the handles 2 in order to invert the scoop and the dirt therein is dumped in a single pile. VVithmy attachment the scoop is inverted in the same manner by lifting the handle 2 but instead of dumping the dirt in a single pile it will scatter the same for a distance as the scoop is moved along and the thickness of this dirt being dumped may be regulated by'adjusting the member 3 that is changing the distance between its intermediate portion and the scoop. With this device, when the scoop is dumped, this scoop is disposed at an angle to the ground and greater the angle of the scoop the thinner will be the layer of dirt and vice versa.

It is thought that the construction and operation of the device will be clearly understood from the above description but it is desired to point out that numerous changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its ad vantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In combination with a slip scoop of a member rising from the scoop adjacent its rear or closed end for engaging the ground when the scoop is inverted for holding said scoop at an angle to the ground.

2. In combination with a slip scoop of a member rising from the scoop adjacent its rear or closed end for engaging the ground when the scoop is inverted for holding said scoop at an angle to the ground, said mem her being releasable attached to the scoop.

3. In combination with a slip scoop, brackets on the sides of the scoop adjacent its rear or closed end, and a member rising from the scoop and mounted in said brackets for holding said scoop at an angle to the ground when inverted.

4. In combination with a slip scoop, an

inverted U-shaped member attached to the rear or closed end of the scoop for holding the same at an angle to the ground when inverted.

5. In combination with a slip scoop, an inverted U-shaped member attached to the rear or closed end of the scoop for holding the same at an angle to the ground when inverted, means for adjustably attaching the inverted U-shaped member to the scoop.

6. In a dumping scoop, the combination with a scoop provided with dumping handles, whereby the scoop may be inverted to dump the contents thereof, and a vertically arranged U-shaped member carried by the side Walls of the scoop and mounted for vertical adjustment thereon, such U-shaped member being adapted to engage the ground whereby to regulate the steps of a layer of the scoop contents on the ground.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signatnre.

PHILIP H. nixsnrns. 

